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STAMFORD, Conn. - Bridgeport Mayor John M. Fabrizi admitted he used cocaine after taking office in 2003 and told the Connecticut Post in an interview published Tuesday that he feels ashamed and humiliated.

"I'm ashamed. I'm humiliated for myself. I never meant to let the world know. I didn't want my family to know," Fabrizi told the newspaper.

Fabrizi, a Democrat who took over leadership of the state's largest city after his predecessor was convicted of corruption, would not say how he obtained cocaine but said he occasionally spent $20 or $40 to purchase it.

I don't know why he would feel ashamed. It puts him the same company as the President of the United States. Who really cares anyway? Is he doing a good job? Is he a good guy?

The way he went about it was really stupid though, getting caught on video and such. Still, I feel rather bad for people that choose to go into politics but then have every crevice of their closet scrutinized. Sure, people choose to go that route, but I guess my point is that everyone.. and I mean everyone, has their thing they don't want other people to know about, and then when some poor shmuck who simply took a political job gets caught, the entire nation knows about it. That's gotta royally suck.

Personally.. I'd be more inclined to trust the guy now. If doing a bit of coke a couple years ago is his skeleton, I'd take that over some guy whose dark secret hasn't been revealed yet. You know.. like a Rush Limbaugh, who railed against drug users until we found out he was getting bogus scripts and was addicted himself. The issue wasn't the drug, it was the hypocrisy.

I normally wouldn't post about a city mayor doing something dumb.. but for some reason felt compelled this time.. He's a candidate to replace Matt Cooper..

I guess my own point of view on drugs is.. whatever. I can't go there because of my job, but having very staunch libertarian views, I think I should lawfully be able to if I wanted. And why not? It's my body, and it's under my control, not the governments. I don't buy the argument that the laws keep people from getting themselves in trouble with addiction issues. We don't need nanny laws. People are responsible for themselves.

This whole war on drugs thing is a bogus money pit anyway. It doesn't accomplish anything except cost us more and more money.

Truly, I'm basically a European, stuck in the land of the crazies.